Automobile-fender.



H. NELSON.

AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION F1LED'MAR.5. 1914.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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H. NELSON.

AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 5. 1914.

1,163,441. r Patented Dec. 7-, 1915.

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in automobile fenders, and the object is to provide means for causing the fender to assume an elevated position when an ObJBCi) comes in contact with the fender.

When the fender moves from its normalposition to an elevated position, it carries the object in the fender and raises it out of the path of the wheels and above the ground, instead of pushing the object in front of the vehicle or to one side until the machine can be brought under control. I

The invention consists of still other novel 1 features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a view in front elevation showing the fender in its normal operative position; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fender; Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the fender in an elevated or raised inoperative position.

A represents an automobile, and 1, 1 are standards mounted upon the frame of the vehicle. A scoop or basket B of any suitable construction. is suspended at its upper end by the uprights or standards 1, andconnected to the side edges of the basket are wing fenders 2. Springs 3, 3 made V-shaped are connected to the standards or uprights 1,

and to the rear side of the basket 13. Latches 4L are pivotally connected to the basketB and are adapted to engage. studs 5 on the frame of the vehicle for holding the basket in its normal or lowered position, so that any obstacle or object may be forced into the basket or moved out of the path of the wheels by the wing fenders 2. Back bars 6, 6 are rigidly connected to the lower edge of the basket, and extend along each side of the vehicle. The bars are provided with notches 7, 7 which are adapted to engage the pins 8 on the frames of the machine when the basket assumes an elevated position for holding the basket in its elevated position.

Should the lower edge of the basket come in contact with an object, the springs 3 would Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 7,1915.

/ Application filed Ma1c1 1 5, 1914. Serial No. 822.633.

be compressed, causing the latch to be released from thepins or studs 5, and as the springs are always under compression, the additional force which is exerted against the springs will compress them still further. These springs would eventually react, forcing the basket upward, and one of the notches 7 of each of the bars will engage the pins 8 it depending, of course, upon the load in the basket as to the elevation to which the springs 37 are capable of raising the basket. limitof movement, thepins 8 will pass into the slots 9 in the ends of the bars 6, and lock the basket in this position.

A guard C is pivotally mounted upon the vehicle, and preferably upon the upper edge of the radiator of the car, by any standard hinge, which is provided with lugs to pre vent'any further forward movement than is required to permit the guard C to reach an upright position. WVires or flexible means 10, 10 are connected to the outer edges of the guard, and the wires are then connected to the basket B, so that when the basket is elevated, the guard will be raised from its normal position to a vertical position, for the purpose of preventing the object picked up in the basket from being thrown over the car. The guard C normally rests upon the hood of the machine.

I claim:

1. In a fender, the combination with a vehicle body, of afender pivotally mounted thereon, means connected to the fender having engagement with the vehicle body for holding the fender in its operative position,

said means being adapted to be disengaged for releasing the fender when the fender is brought in contact with an object, and means for elevating the fender when released.

2. In a fender, the combination of a vehicle body, of a fender pivotally mounted thereon, compressible means adapted to normally hold the fender in its raised or inoperative position, and means connected to the fender adapted to engage the vehicle body for maintaining the fender in its nor- Ifthe basket is raised to its 7 mal or operative position until an object is I struck by the fender, which causes said means to be disengaged, thereby releasing the fender and causing it'to move upward 'under the influence of the first-mentioned means.

3. In a fender, the combination of 9. ve-

hicle body, of "a fender pivotally mounted thereon, compressible means adapted to normally hold the, fender init's"raised -or' inoperative position, means connected to the fender adapted to engage the vehicle body for maintaining the tender in its normal or operative position untilan object isstruek by the fender, which causes said means to be disengaged, thereby releasing the fender and causing it to move upward under the influence of v the jfirStTmentioned means, and m ans con ected to; the fender having ad justable engagement-With the vehicle body for assisting in maintaining the fender in its elevated position,

4;. In a fender, the combination of a vehicle body, of a -fender"pivotally mounted thereon, a guard piv otally mounted upon the vehicle body and above the fender, meansc'onneoting the guard to the fender,

or operative position, said guard being adaptedwvhen the fender is moved to its normalor operative position to be moved to a horizontal position, said fender-holding means for'holding the fender inits normal In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- L ture, in the presence of twovvvitnesses.

' HARVEY N ELSON. Witnesses: v 7 CHARLES M. -HUMPH-REY, Ensm Sommisna.

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